House set 7:00-8:30PM, jam session until 10:00

Clif Metcalf: Organ

Zach Sommerfeld: Guitar

Karsen Kelly: Drums

Ice skating, food trucks, and live music!

Learn about Sam’s upcoming music business venture, @ownursound, and vote to help her team win $250!

Own Ur LLC founders Sam Gucwa and Jackson Hacias host the late night set at the Llama.

Sam Gucwa— alto sax, flute

Jackson Hacias— tenor sax

Charlie Snyder— bass

Karsen Kelly— drummer

Kevin Eisenberg— piano

Sam Gucwa and Jackson Hacias founded Own Ur Sound LLC in October 2024 to support new artists and boost the Michigan listeners community. Join us for our first multi-artist show!

Sam Gucwa— alto sax and flute, OUS artist

Jackson Hacias— tenor sax, OUS artist

Mason Lopez (Tectis)— bari sax, OUS artist

Saatvik Paali— trumpet

Charlie Scanlon— trombone

Charlie Snyder— bass, OUS artist

Karsen Kelly— drums

Kevin Eisenberg— piano

The duo returns for a jazz set! Sam Gucwa and Zach Sommerfeld have been collaborating since September 2023. Playing jazz and funk standards for Grammotone Fridays.

We’ll be playing all your favorite rock, pop, and funk tunes at Grammotones GR. Come for the ArtPrize installations, stay for the jams.

The Bebop Spartans with Endea Owens, MSU Jazz Faculty, and the winners of MSU’s high school jazz competition.

The jazz ocarinas are here! Walter Blanding’s nonet 4 performs its most diverse selection of music yet.

The best event of the year at Michigan State! Swing dance with the Bebop Spartan Jazz Orchestras.

Dr. Lenora Zenzalai Helm’s residency with MSU students culminates at this inclusive performance.

Tickets not yet for sale.

The passion with which Bobby Floyd plays piano, organ and keyboards are the result of his natural ability discovered at the age of two, his love of music, and years of practice. Whether performing jazz or gospel, as a soloist, with a trio or big band, his feel is unique and inspirational leading him to many distinguished appearances around the world.

Sam Gucwa will be performing with Jazz Orchestra II on baritone sax, and Jazz Orchestra I on reed 2.

Dease, the winner of the 69th Annual DownBeat Magazine Poll for Trombonist of the Year and multi-Grammy award winner, is also a sought-after lead, section and bass trombonist with today’s leading jazz orchestras. His experiences include bands led by Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Charles Tolliver, Rufus Reid, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band. However, it is on the frontline of quintets and sextets led by master musicians like The Heath Brothers, Winard Harper, Renee Rosnes, Bill Charlap, Claudio Roditi, and Lewis Nash, where Dease has revitalized the trombone’s image. Not content to simply improvise, Dease arranges and composes for many different bands, constantly adjusting his tone and timbre to add just the right flavor to the music.

Hear Sam perform on clarinet, flute, and soprano saxophone with one of the world’s leading trombonists.

Link to tickets coming soon.

An active drummer on the New York jazz scene, Sylvia Cuenca has contributed outstanding jazz performances all over the world.
She is a dynamic musician who has been mentored by and performs with big names in jazz, and it shows.

Sam will be quadrupling for this performance, playing baritone sax with Jazz Orchestra II and flute, clarinet, 2nd tenor, and 2nd alto with Jazz Orchestra I.

Up-and-coming women in jazz perform compositions by women musicians, led by yours truly. Jam session to follow. No cover charge!

For over 30 years, Walter has been bringing the joy of music to people across the globe, from New York to China and everywhere in between. As a music educator, Walter states: “I find great satisfaction in helping students benefit from lessons in a way that extends beyond the scope of music and lasts for a lifetime.”

His latest album, ‘Fantasy in Blue,’ launched with this statement:

“The music on this album is designed to bring us closer to understanding the beauty of our differences and what we all have in common. We discover the profound depth and importance of cultural awareness and well-being.”

Watch Sam perform on alto and bari with her professor. Doors @5PM, show @7:30. $25 cover ($10 for students!)

Playing standards and originals by trombonist and MSU alumn Chris Glassman. Jazz Tuesdays is a weekly jazz music series showcasing the best and brightest Mid Michigan jazz musicians. Jam session begins at 8:00PM. All musicians welcome to call a tune!

Described as “fluid and powerful on the tenor saxophone and highly inventive as a vocalist,” Camille Thurman also plays bass clarinet, flute, and piccolo. A New York City native, Thurman is a two-time winner of the ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composers Award and a winner of the Fulbright Scholars Cultural Ambassador Grant, among other honors.

Performing lead alto with Anthony Stanco’s Jazz Orchestra II

A jazz competition at the University of Notre Dame? This is the closest I’ll get to willingly attending a high school reunion… All I’m saying is, the Be-Bop Spartans are bringing the swing!

Playing lead alto in Anthony Stanco’s Jazz Orchestra II.

Bruce Forman, “can shred bebop at blistering tempos with the best of ‘em,” but his music has also been described as “hobo chic” and “western bebop.” An innovator and an educator, Forman will surely add a new wrinkle to an already diverse history of the MSUFCU Jazz Artist in Residence program.

Performing on alto saxophone in Michael Dease’s Octet III.

Playing lead alto in Anthony Stanco’s Jazz Orchestra 2.

One of the strongest voices on trombone in the European jazz scene, Adrian Mears has nurtured a distinguished career with numerous collaborations and accomplishments.

Performing as a guest artist with my longtime hero, Brian Vander Ark!

Brian Vander Ark is the lead singer and principal songwriter for the multi-platinum alternative rock band The Verve Pipe, recognized worldwide for their radio hits Photograph, Hero, Happiness Is, Never Let You Down, and the #1 smash single The Freshmen.

Playing lead alto in Anthony Stanco’s Jazz Orchestra 2. Don’t know how to swing dance? I’ll teach you at the show!

Experience this high-vitality concert of toe-tapping rhythms and lively swing from three jazz orchestras as they perform the repertoire from a variety of jazz masters.

Playing alto saxophone in Michael Dease’s Octet 3

Soul-inspired jazz trumpeter Dwight Adams is one of the brightest stars on the Detroit jazz scene.

The Shadow Gallery will be hosted at the graffitied underpass next to Bessey Hall and will feature painting, photography, art, and live jazz. Free admission.

• Dylan Sherman — bass

• Wyatt Harris — drums

• Sam Gucwa — saxophone